ECONOMICS

The Department of Economics is located on the North Campus. Our faculty members' offices are also located on the North Campus.

The Department of Economics offers instruction in two primary languages: Turkish and English. However, within our faculty, you can choose courses in other languages.

A double major is available in the Department of Economics. Interested students should apply to the Faculty of Political Sciences with their transcripts by the application deadline.

There is a minor program in the Department of Economics. Interested students should apply to the Faculty of Political Sciences with their transcripts by the application deadline.

The Department of Economics currently has Erasmus Programme Agreements with six different universities. For information on the universities and application processes, please click here.

The 2024 base score of the IMÜ Turkish Economics program is 336.07518, and the success ranking is 116.633. The 2024 base score of the English Economics program is 374.66303, and the success ranking is 70.892.

Both the Turkish and English Economics departments offer a mandatory 20-day internship. Our students can complete their internships in private and public institutions.

Food Scholarship

80% food scholarship to all students who receive food service at our university, 60 students each year; 100% food scholarship is provided.

For detailed information about the food scholarship: https://sks.medeniyet.edu.tr/tr/kultur-ve-social-hizmetleri-birimi/yemek-bursu

KYK Scholarship Opportunities

Every year, a certain number of successful students in need determined by our university receive scholarships from the Institution of Higher Education Loans and Hostels.

For detailed information about KYK scholarship: https://kygm.gsb.gov.tr/

Other Scholarship Opportunities

Our students can also benefit from the scholarship opportunities provided by some private institutions.

For detailed information about other scholarship opportunities: https://adayogrenci.madaniyet.edu.tr/tr/burs-imkanlari

Our graduates have a wide range of employment opportunities in the private sector and public institutions.

Private sector: Specialists in the accounting and finance departments of companies, inspectors, auditors, and directors in banks and financial institutions.

Public institutions: Career positions in organizations such as the Central Bank, the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA), the Capital Markets Board (SPK), the Competition Board, the Undersecretariat of Treasury, the Ministry of Finance, the Turkish Grand National Assembly, and the Ministry of Justice.

To being graduate, you must fulfill the following conditions:

• Having taken all the courses in the program (at least 240 credits).
• If you are in the 30% English program, you must have taken a total of 72 ECTS worth of English lessons (about 15 lessons).
• If you registered in the 2020-2021 Fall semester, you can graduate by taking courses worth 242 ECTS.
• The absence of a course with an FF score
• To take at least 12 department elective courses.
• A GPA score of 2.00 (53.33 / 100) or above.
• Completing the internship.

If your GPA score is above 3.00 (76.66 / 100), you are qualified to get "honor certificate", if it is above 3.50 (88.33 / 100), you are qualified to get "high honor certificate". Also, in order to receive a certificate of honor, you must not have received any disciplinary punishment.

You can apply for an "associate degree" diploma, if you have passed all the courses in 1st and 2nd grades with DD or above scores, and your GPA score 2.00 or above. But you need to delete your register.

You can suspend your registration for a maximum of four semesters, provided that it does not exceed two semesters each time, for health, military service, education in domestic or foreign higher education institutions, financial and family reasons. In order to suspend registration, you can apply to your department chair within the first two weeks of the relevant semester at the latest with a petition indicating your reason. However, if your reason for suspension of registration occurs after the end of the specified period, no time limit will be sought.

Before the end of the period in which you suspend the registration, you must submit your petition to the head of the department that you want to return to education before the course registrations begin.

It is compulsory for all students studying undergraduate economics programs in Turkish or English.

The duration of the compulsory internship for the department of economics is 20 working days.

You can do your compulsory internship from the end of the second year (4th semester).

No. You can do your compulsory internship at the end of the second year during the summer or semester breaks.

Yes. You can do the internship until the fall semester registrations begin.

No. You cannot take courses and do the internships at the same time.

No. You have to find the company or institution you will do your internship in. In addition, you can also take advantage of the Presidential Talent Gate opportunities (T.C. Cumhurbaşkanlığı Yetenek Kapısı)

No. You have to work full time in an institution or company where you are doing your internship. Part-time works are not considered as compulsory internships.

Your internship advisor is the same person as your course counselor. You can find out who your advisor is through the Student Information System.

When you decide to do the internship, you must complete your compulsory internship by following the steps below:

1. After completing and signing the Mandatory Internship Form (Zorunlu Staj Formu), he/she will make approved it by the institution where he/she will be doing internship, the President of the Internship Commission and the Faculty Secretariat, and then he/she will submit it to the Faculty Secretariat along with three photographs and photocopies of his/her identity card.
2. Fills and signs the Health Aid Declaration and Undertaking (Sağlık Yardımı Beyan ve Taahhütnamesini) and submits it to the Faculty Secretariat.
3. Every student who will do internship must make sure that he/she has an insurance against work accidents and occupational diseases, in case of being a non-dependent student, one must take out employment insurance together with work accident insurance to be covered by general health insurance, otherwise his/her internship will be deemed invalid.
4. He/she starts his/her internship by submitting the Internship Evaluation Form (Staj Değerlendirme Formu) to the institution where he/she will do the internship (When the internship is completed, this document will be approved by the workplace internship officer and sent to the internship advisor in a signed and sealed envelope).
5. The student fills in the internship book (staj defteri) daily during the internship.
6. At the end of each month of internship, the student submits the Internship Scoring Chart (Staj Puantaj Cetveli) completed and signed by the workplace to the Faculty Secretariat on the 3rd working day of the following month at the latest.
7. At the end of the internship, the following documents are submitted to the internship advisor in full:
   • Internship book
   • Internship Evaluation Form (When the student starts the internship, this form is given to the institution where he/she will do the internship. When the internship is completed, this document is approved by the workplace internship officer and sent to the internship advisor in a signed and sealed envelope)

You can find the internship forms here.

If there are courses you can register in, you have to take at least 4 courses in a semester.

You can take courses worth a maximum of 45 ECTS.

Yes, you can take another course of the same type. For example, if the course you are staying in is "departmental elective", you should take a "departmental elective" course again. If your course is "unrestricted elective", you can take "departmental elective" or any unrestricted elective course instead of this course.

The most recently received note is valid.

You don't need to worry. You can remind your consultant professor by mail, or you can stop by during office hours.

On the course registration screen, next to the elective courses you have taken, there is a "substitute" option to click.

Yes, although you are not required to attend, you are responsible for evaluations such as quizzes and classroom activities, etc., that are held during the lesson that are announced or not announced in advance. You are expected to discuss this situation with the professor of the course.

You can withdraw from a course in the 6th week of the course period with the approval of your advisor. Remember! You have the right to withdraw from merely one course in a term.

No.

• If you you enrolled in 4 courses or less.
• If you are retaking the course you wanted to withdraw.
• If you withdrew the same course in previous terms.
• If the course you want to withdraw is a non-credit course.

Yes, you can meet with the lecturer whenever you need, by making an appointment by e-mail outside of the lesson or by stopping by during office hours.

• Official institution report on the illness status,
• Report taken from private health institutions in case of emergency,
• A document regarding the death of one of the relatives of the student (mother, father, sibling, spouse, child, etc.) on a date that will prevent him from taking the exam,
• Document received from official authorities in case of unexpected situations such as traffic accident, fire, flood, earthquake, collapse, demolition,
• Document obtained from official authorities in case of detention.

This depends entirely on the decision of the professor conducting the relevant course. The professor can take an excuse exam if he/she wants to. In general, there is information about this in course plans/syllabus.

No. You can take the completion exam.

It can be. You must submit your petition containing your request on this subject to the Faculty Dean within 10 days after the completion week. If the Faculty Administrative Board approves, you can enter the completion excuse.

Yes, you can. The department of economics has a direct student exchange contracts with some universities from abroad. In addition, our students can also benefit from the general student exchange contracts signed by the university, especially Erasmus and Farabi, by consulting the International Relations Office. You can visit https://siyasalbilgiler.medeniyet.edu.tr/en/erasmus address for more information about Erasmus.

IMU Economics undergraduate program allows our students to get a Double Major or Minor without being under an extensive course load in other departments because it covers an extensive number of general electives. Economics undergraduate students can get a a Double Major or Minor education in all departments/programs if the required GPA and ranking requirements have met within the scope of quotas announced by these departments.

Students who are successful in all the courses that required to take in the undergraduate program of economics (until the semester they apply) and who are in the first 20% slice of the class with at least a 3.00 Grade Point Average (GPA) can apply for double major program.

You can apply at the beginning of the third semester of the undergraduate program at the earliest, and the beginning of the fifth semester at the latest. You can apply to the dean of the relevant faculty with the application form and transcript.

The Double Major Program consists of a minimum of 36 and a maximum of 54 credits, alongside the major curriculum. In order to graduate from the Double Major Program, you must complete the compulsory courses of the department, and the 13 departmental elective courses. Also, 3.00(76.66/100) GPA is required.

Yes, you can always leave a Double Major Program at your own request.

At the beginning of the third semester at the earliest and the fifth semester at the latest, you can apply to the dean of the related faculty with the application form and transcript.

Students who have a GPA of at least 2.50 in the undergraduate program of economics (until the semester they apply) and who are successful in all the courses they need to take can apply.

The Minor Program consists of a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 27 credits. The GPA must be at least 2.00 in order to receive a Minor Program certificate that does not replace as a diploma.

Yes, you can always leave a Minor Program at your own request. In addition, minor education can be suspend with the decision of the faculty board of directors. In addition, minor studies can be suspended at the decision of the faculty board of directors.